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AWS – AWS App Mesh is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region and AWS China (Ningxia) Region
AWS App Mesh is now available in the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easy for your services to communicate with each other across multiple types of compute […]
Azure – General availability: Enable hierarchical namespace for existing Azure Storage accounts
Accelerating value through data analytics by enabling the Azure Data Lake Storage hierarchical namespace for existing Azure Storage accounts is now generally available. The benefits of the ADLS hierarchical namespace in providing enhanced performance and features that are dedicated to maximizing the value of data analytics is well established. You can now get this benefit for existing […]
AWS – Announcing general availability of Amazon RDS for MySQL and Amazon Aurora MySQL databases as new data sources for federated querying
With Amazon Redshift federated query capability, many customers have been able to combine live data from operational databases with the data in Amazon Redshift data warehouse and the data in Amazon S3 data lake environment in order to get unified analytics view across all the data in the enterprise. Now Amazon Redshift federated query support […]
GCP – Build and run a Discord bot on top of Google Cloud
Stuck at home these past–checks calendar–732 months, I’ve been spending a lot more time on Discord (an online voice, video and text communications service) than I ever thought I would. Chatting with far-flung friends, playing games, exploring, finding community as I am able, and generally learning about a platform I had not used all that […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift announces the next generation of Amazon Redshift Query Editor
Amazon Redshift Query Editor V2 makes data in your Amazon Redshift data warehouse and data lake more accessible with a web-based tool for SQL users such as data analysts, data scientists, and database developers. With Query Editor V2, users can explore, analyze, and collaborate on data. It reduces the operational costs of managing query tools […]
GCP – Migrating table schemas from Apache HBase to Cloud Bigtable
Migrations of large workloads from Apache HBase to Cloud Bigtable are very common and we are trying to make them easier and faster. Cloud Bigtable is a natural fit for customers running their production workloads on HBase due to its scalability, low management overhead, high availability and HBase API compatibility. Today, customers migrating to Cloud […]
GCP – Built-in transparency, automation, and interoperability for Cloud KMS
Cloud KMS helps customers implement scalable, centralized, fast cloud key management for their projects and apps on Google Cloud. As use of Cloud KMS has grown, many organizations have looked for ways to better understand crypto assets and to make more informed decisions around data management and compliance. In response, the Cloud KMS team is […]
GCP – Google Workspace at Next ‘21: 10 sessions you don’t want to miss
We’re less than two weeks away from Google Cloud Next, October 12-14, 2021, our flagship event that brings the cloud community together for insights, product launches, and to see the latest tech in action. At Next ‘21, you’ll find the tools and training you need to succeed in the cloud, with live, expert-led Q&As, breakout […]
GCP – Simplifying App Engine updates: extending support for bundled services
Today, we’re announcing changes to App Engine to make it easier for early adopters to modernize their applications. When App Engine launched in 2008, it was designed as a stand-alone platform and included a number of proprietary bundled services. In 2018, we announced second-generation App Engine standard runtimes, which unlocked contemporary versions of Python, Java, […]
GCP – Building and expanding network services for a smart and connected world
Organizations are increasingly adopting multicloud implementations and hybrid deployments as a part of their cloud strategy. Networking is at the foundation of this digital transformation. Google has built a massive planet-scale network infrastructure serving billions of users every day. Our global network continues to expand in footprint with four new regions announced this year in […]